Stool



Feb. 24, 1931. s. A. SOMIQIERS STOOL Filed Nov. 18; 1929 SYL BY 4INVENTOR A TTORNE Y V STE/YA SOMMEIPS Patented Feb. 24, 1931 sxnvnsrnnA. SOMMERS, on rnnNKnNMnr -nMroHIGA rs'smno o soivrivrnns" I amennnosnrrnmnon 00., 0F sAe-INAW. Mron'rsArt;

s'roon Application filed November 18, 1939.- seriaino. 407,910.

This invention relates to stools especially adapted for convenient usein kitchens, laundries and other places where drying or airing offabrics is done. i

The object of the invention is to provide a stool that can be made ofsheet metal, strong and attractive in appearanc aryet inexpensite tomanufacture; to provide a seat memher for the stool adapted to serve theusual purposesof a stool and also arranged to be available as a'portabledrying and airing rack for articles being laundered, so they can beplaced near a stove orvheater and can be turned about as required forcomplete and rapid drying or airing.

Another object is to provide a stool that can be used by the operator ata mangle as a convenientrack on which to hang the, freshly ironedartlcles.

further object s to provide means for stowing the drying rods when notin use, so they will remam in compact form when the device is usedmerely as a stool.

With the foregoing and; certain other objects in view, which will appearlater in the specification, the invention comprises the devicesdescribed and claimed and the equivalents thereof. I

In the drawings Fig. l is a side view, partly bro-ken away, of a stoolembodying my invention.

' seat.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view. I Fig.

7 formed in it near its flanged margin. These depressions may take theform'of a peripherally disposed groove 7a, as shown in Fi 4:,or they maybe individual cups or depres slons, as shown in Fig. 2.

The depresslons 7 or 7 a have the1r bottoms 3 is a transverse sectionthrough the fermed with apertures .8 spaced apart circumferentiall'yjasshown. A. rod 9 is slid;

inglyfreceiv'ed' in each aperture. Eachrod 5 wn manner.v 'llheotherendofthe rod is formed with a knob 11. p ,Whenthe artlcle'isusedas astool therods end formed to prescntan ofiset, in;

are held suspended bytheir knobs '11 which are received in'thedepressions 7 so as to be flush withthe "seat plate 5 The offset endsof: the rodsfare bunched together and held against. swaying. andrattling, by: being received in the central'aperture 4 of shelf l r henusedasa drying rack one or more of the rods 9. are pulled up through theaperture 8 and its offset end is hooked under the mar-- ginaledge of,the aperture and rests on the rim of the platen above the serves as areinforcing member to support the-rod horizontal position. j

When the Steel is beinglusech for example, in front of a mangle, theoperator. sitson the stool and usessome of the rods as 'a: conven-.

ient cooling rack within easy reach.

hen a large article, such as a table cloth,

is to be treated for removal of stains it can be spread on top of-theextended arms, the

flange .6 which,

bowl of cleaning material being placed underneath'itjon the stool.

By the means above described I have proconvenient article of manufacturethat is well adapted for many uses in the kitchen or laundry and forsimilar situations.

Having thus described my 1nvent1on, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

'1. A; stool includinga seat plate having a peripheralfiange, said platehaving depressions formed therein adj acentthe flange, the bottoms ofsaid depressions having apertures therein spaced apartcircumferentially, a rod end formed with a knob, for the purposes setforth.

2. A structure as set forth in claim 1 where.- in the rods when independing position are held by a centrally .apertured shelf fixed tothelegs of the stool below the seat thereof.

duced a simple and inexpensive and very ,slidingly received in eachaperture," an end 7 of saidrod formed with an offset,.the other- 3. Astool including a seat plate having a peripheral flange, said platehaving depres sions formed therein adjacent the flange, the

bottoms of said depressions having aperturestherein spaced apartcircumferentially and a rod slidingly received in each aperture. V 4-. Astructure as set forth in claim 1 Wherein the rods when in dependingposition are held by a centrally apertured member fixed to the legs ofthe stool below the seat thereof.

5. In a stool including supporting legs and a seat member thereon formedof sheet metal shaped to present apertured depressions disposed aroundthe seat member nearits periphery, and rods loosely received in saidapertures and provided at their ends with n'ieans' adapted to engagecthebottoms of the depressions and to engage the seat member near the topsof the depressions so as to hold the rods releasably in outwardlyprojected position I p i 76. The combination of a'stool includingsupporting legs and a seat thereon formed with apertures around its rim,rods received loosely in said apertures and means associated with therods for releasably holding them in position Within 'saidjapertures andprojectlng outwardly from said seat.

7. In coinhinationwitha structure as set forth in claim 6, meansassociated Withsaid rods for holding them in retracted position Withinsaid apertures and depending therefrom.

In testimony whereoffl ailiX my signature.

S YLVESTER A. SOMMERSQ.

